Personal Histroies of Choices: Documenting Renunciation

Today's Pakistan is engulfed by terrorism. There have been thirty-nine thousand fatalities during the last decade, including more than 4,000 security personnel. 2 Behind these figures are countless stories, the veil seldom lifted from the enshrouded dynamics of the secretive and cultish organizations undertaking terror as an instrument of policy. There has been some research bringing into public view the murky structures and leadership of militant organizations. Information on individual terrorists apprehended by state organizations remains largely classified, part of the ongoing intelligence operations and thus shielded from public view. Some ambitious researchers have found their way into the households of militants, documenting their findings regarding their families.